Bill Text: IL HB1261 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds language providing that a person who damages a vehicle or who damages or removes any part of a vehicle commits a misdemeanor if the person does so with intent and without the right to do so (instead of "without authority to do so"). Adds language providing that a person who tampers with a vehicle or goes in it, on it, or works to attempt to work any of its parts, or sets or attempts to set it in motion commits a misdemeanor if he does so without right to do so and with intent to commit a crime (instead of "without authority to do so").

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-10 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John M. Cabello [HB1261 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1261-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1261 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/4-102 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-102
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds language providing that a person who damages a vehicle or who damages or removes any part of a vehicle commits a misdemeanor if the person does so with intent and without the right to do so (instead of "without authority to do so"). Adds language providing that a person who tampers with a vehicle or goes in it, on it, or works to attempt to work any of its parts, or sets or attempts to set it in motion commits a misdemeanor if he does so without right to do so and with intent to commit a crime (instead of "without authority to do so").
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 4-102 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/4-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-102)
Sec. 4-102. Offenses relating to motor vehicles and other
vehicles - Misdemeanors.
(a) It is a violation of this Chapter for:
(1) A person, with intent and without the right to do
so without authority to do so, to damage a vehicle or to
damage or remove any part of a vehicle;
(2) A person, without the right to do so and with the
intent to commit a crime without authority to do so, to
tamper with a vehicle or go in it, on it, or work or
attempt to work any of its parts, or set or attempt to set
it in motion;
(3) A person to fail to report a vehicle as unclaimed
in accordance with the provisions of Section 4-107.
(b) Sentence. A person convicted of a violation of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. A person
convicted of a violation of this Section a second or
subsequent time, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

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